The PewterScribe

14/05/2026

☀️ Good morning everyone! ☀️

Right then — let’s make one thing clear first… we are definitely NOT talking about work today! 🙅‍♂️❌

Instead, let’s just have a lovely chat. We’d love to know:
👉 How do you relax and unwind after a long day?
👉 What brings sunshine into your day?

We’ve got a very special reason to smile today… because today would have been the 100th birthday of one of the greatest comic geniuses that ever lived — in our opinion, anyway! 🎂🎈

You’ll know exactly who he is instantly. He was half of what we truly believe was the greatest comedy partnership there ever was. You’ll remember his classic lines about his partner: teasing him about his short, fat, hairy legs… or always suggesting he was wearing a toupée! 🤣 But the wonderful thing was, there was never any malice in it at all. They really were one of the best partnerships ever because, above everything else, they were very, very good friends.

Everybody wanted to be on their show — especially the famous Christmas specials! 🎄 Other celebrities lined up for the chance to appear, even though they knew full well they were going to get insulted! Remember Arthur Tolcher? Max Bygraves? 🎤 And who could ever forget the way he mispronounced names… poor André Previn certainly never lived that one down! 😆

And there was always one sketch in every show that people remembered forever…
For you, was it the shocking revelation of Angela Rippon’s very long legs? 🦵
Or was it the BBC newscasters — all serious and smart — dressed up in their sailor uniforms? ⚓😂

For me though? It has to be the perfect comic timing applied to something as ordinary as… making breakfast on a Monday morning. Absolute genius. 🥣✨

If you haven’t gathered who I’m talking about yet — it’s the one and only Eric Morecambe! ❤️



💬 Now over to you…
Whatever you do today, whatever stress you might feel… maybe you’ve had a hard day, or even a hard week — what is it that can still put a smile back on your face? 😊

We’d absolutely love to hear what works for you. Drop a comment below and share a little bit of sunshine with us! 👇

28/04/2026

Hello all,

It’s been a while since we’ve posted, and we do apologise for our tardiness, but we have had a tremendous amount going on.

So, what has been going on? I suppose the big news is that The PewterScribe is no longer at Canal Street. This is due to circumstances beyond our control, but rest assured, we are still in business!! At this point in time, we are unable to provide some services. We can still do engraving, leatherwork, etc., but unfortunately, we cannot do any casting work at present. We hope to be up and running again very soon and hope all our loyal customers and friends will be understanding and bear with us at this difficult time.

The other thing we need to inform you all about is that neither of us is in the greatest of health at present. I am facing more spinal surgery and Katherine needs a joint replacement, so it is affecting both of our mobility. Sorry if this seems like a negative post, but we are still passionate about what we do and being out there to see you all. Please, next time we meet up, come and say hello! We really have missed seeing you and look forward to catching up on all your news.

Love,

The PewterScribe

18/02/2026

On Sunday (15/02), I announced the Survival Horror Game Inventory System which I have been working on. On Monday (16/02) I updated the System and Submitted the update to Epic to be applied to the system. Thankfully this update was approved and the update is now live on the Fab Marketplace.
This new update adds in a Drag & Drop inventory mechanic which only works for the Player Inventory and not on Storage Units like Lootable Items or the Player Storage. While a simple addition compared to what was already in the pack this proved to be troublesome to make work and not break in real-time. I'm almost certain there is still 1 or 2 things that could be done to improve the Drag and Drop mechanic like taking out the ability to drag outside of the Player Inventory for example, of if you do it drops the Item in the game world, but these little things where outside of the scope of what I wanted. Besides for the end goal of what I want the system to do, I don't intend this Drag and Drop inventory to be utilized, at least at the stage I am at right now.
Below is an image showing the system, it shows that when you drag something around in the inventory, you will see that the desired location box is highlighted and a ghost image of the item you are dragging is shown. This is so you know what you are moving around and where you are moving it to. When you do this into a Storage Unit, the Box is highlighted like it does in the Inventory, but it wont be dropped into the Storage Unit.

31/01/2026

Another of the badges on the mould we made recently is the Roaring Lion badge. Hand carved like the Bat in 2mm thick brass and them moulded in rubber. If you look on the photos of the mould in the Bat posts you will see its on the same mould.
The Roaring Lion can be viewed on our webshop here https://thepewterscribe.sumupstore.com/product/pin-badge-roaring-lion-pewter

21/01/2026

50 years ago today, Concorde redefined speed with supersonic travel. We’ve spent over 40 years doing the opposite – taking the time needed to craft pieces like this hand-embossed leather belt, where every detail is shaped with care rather than haste, the tool to emboss this design was hand engraved in brass.

While Concorde crossed oceans in hours, PewterScribe builds items meant to last lifetimes. Precision, not pace – that’s our flight plan.

🔗 www.ThePewterScribe.co.uk

19/01/2026

I know a lot of you have been following my posts about carving a bat and making it into a pin badge. That's not quite the whole story though, to be able to cast the bat badge I need several other pieces as using a 9" rubber mould will actually take 6 - 8 badge masters and I don't really want to waste the rest of the material, as it can't be re-used after vulcanising, this helps keep the cost of the pieces down. Just after I carved the bat I carved an Eagle Head, which went in the mould as well and I carved a Snarling wolf a few months ago and we had him contract cast in bronze, so I thought it may be nice to offer him in pewter as well. There were a couple of other badges that I'll possibly talk about in a later post. The Eagle Head pin badge, the bat and Snarling Wolf are available exclusively from our web shop www.thepewterscribe.co.uk , or from our studio in Long Eaton or if you see us at an event.

18/01/2026

Finishing the Bat pin badge part 2.
The next step is to carefully cut a track for the molten metal to flow into the mould, and if you look closely you can a smaller track cut into the rubber from the bats wing to the edge of the rubber, this is the air release, without this the metal can't move through the mould. Once the mould is cut I did a trial cast, we got the bat out on the second attempt but unfortunately he had a fault on his wing where the pin came through from the back of the casting. This is something that is very much trial and error. I made an adjustment to the depth of the pins and recast. I load 2 pins in the mould prior to casting and when the metal is poured in it surrounds the head of the pins. Once the badge has cooled down from casting I fettle it to remove any sharp edges and then seal the back with a spray lacquer. When the lacquer has dried I then dip the badge in an acid called Ferric Chloride (at this point I use rubber gloves) this turns the pewter to an antique finish, if I hadn't lacquered the back, the acid would attack the pins. I then rinsed the acid off the piece and carefully dried it. Using a fine scotchbrite wheel I then carefully polish the high areas of the casting to give a contrast, notice that my thumb is wrapped in tape to protect me from the polishing wheel. I then give the front a coat of lacquer and fit the clips to the back. The finished badge in pewter is just over 1.5 " (40mm) across and weighs 0.25oz (7 grams) .

17/01/2026

We are looking forward to this great little festival

17/01/2026

Finishing the Bat pin badge part 1.
With the little bat now carved in brass, I needed to add pins to the reverse side to allow it to be worn as a badge. I removed it from the piece of brass I carved it on and then removed the remains of the hot glue. I then very carefully, using my 2mm ball cutter cut two shallow domed hollows inward on the back, these are he locations for the pins. I change to my 0.3mm carbide tool and add my piece reference number (CST2602), copyright symbol and the year I made it. I then bond 2 x 7mm pins using Araldite type metal, I used to solder these in but during the vulcanising process the solder melts, this makes it difficult to remove the pins afterwards. Yhe master for the badge this is then placed with 5 others in a mould frame, in the bottom of the frame is a 9" ( 225mm approx) diameter round piece of rubber. The six pieces (Masters) are positioned on the rubber in a position I think will be best for me to cut metal and air flow paths later. As I position pieces in the mould alll of the parts, masters, Rubber. Locators and frame are dusted liberally with French chalk which acts as a release agent. I then place 5 locator nuts in positions around the edge of the mould, I find that if I place 3 nuts on one side of the mould a 2 close together on the other side the mould locates really easily. I then place another piece of rubber on top and the mould is closed by placing the top plate on. The finished mould frame is then vulcanised at 180degrees centigrade for 2 hours, while the rubber is heated it is also pressured to about 8 tons, which as the temperature builds will increase to about 10 tons. Prior to vulcsnising he moulding rubber is very malleable, one of the things that happens during the process is the rubber is hardened and able to accuratly reproduce fine detail. Once the mould has cooled, we carefully split it out of the frame and check the results. The next picture shows our bat mould with the metal and air flow lines marked on ready to cut.

18/12/2025

As the festive season approaches, all of us at The PewterScribe would like to thank you for your continued support throughout the year.

We wish all our wonderful customers a very Happy Christmas and a peaceful, prosperous New Year.

✨ Last orders: 22nd December
🎄 We will be closed from: 23rd December – 5th January

We look forward to welcoming you again in the New Year.

05/12/2025

New item just posted in the webshop. https://thepewterscribe.sumupstore.com/product/I-am-a-cider-drinker-hand-made-belt-buckle.

A hand made buckle in Brass or Stainless steell with an coloured enamel front plate "I am a Cider Drinker". The buckle is made to fit a 1.5 (38mm) belt, which can be purchased separately